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Hi everyone! I know it’s been a little while since I’ve posted on here. Since mum died in April I haven’t felt like enjoying life much sadly 😦

But if there is one I should take from mum’s sudden death, it’s that I should be celebrating life more, especially with Holly.

All last year while I posted about my weekends on this blog I was childless, then pregnant. Now I have an eight and half month old daughter! Time has gone crazy fast. Today we took her to the beach for the first time. It was just magical to see it all through her eyes, and watch as she tasted sand and seashells! I also spent some time thinking about mum.

I meant to post these pictures last week but ran into some technical difficulties, i.e. the camera wouldn’t turn on, no matter how many times or how hard I pushed the button. I was fearful that I may have broken it and have to confess that to hubby, who gets nervous when I use expensive equipment because I am Not Careful Enough ( ok I dropped it once, the day we bought it, let it go already). Luckily it was simply that the camera needed charging, which is his domain, and then I had a busy few nights and well, no more excuses, here they are.

From the age of about 14 I had a pen pal. Bryce was young and in the army when we met and became friends. He asked if I would write to him so I did, and we corresponded like that for a good 7 or 8 years or so, until email came along and took over.